'We will see new advertisers using OOH medium'

In Viewpoints By M4G Bureau - July 22, 2014

In May this year Pakistan Advertisers Society (PAS) exclusively endorsed Measuring OOH Visibility & Exposure (MOVE), a Pakistan-based media marketing and research company, to develop and launch an OOH audience and ratings currency in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Qamar Abbas, Executive Director, Pakistan Advertisers Society (PAS), talks about the new initiative in conversation with Rajiv Raghunath of Outdoor Asia. Abbas as over 15 years of professional experience with proven track record in setting up new ventures, securing profitable growth, establishing new streams of revenue and regulatory policy making. He has had a hand in executing some of the milestone media initiatives in Pakistan like Television Audience Measurement, Consumer Multimedia Index and the industry's most prestigious Advertising Effectiveness Awards. Edited excerpts of the interview:

OOH research is going to be as good as it gets: Gallen Yip

In Viewpoints By M4G Bureau - July 21, 2014

Gallen Yip, Research Director, Kinetic Worldwide, Asia Pacific, says OOH is here to stay in the long foreseeable term. Yip shares his thoughts on the emerging trends in the global OOH industry.

Ramp To Glory

In Gallery By - July 11, 2014

Global OOH trends have a bearing on Indian OOH business: Chris O'Donnell

In OOH News By VJ Media Bureau - July 09, 2014

6 global OOH trends impacting India are: (i) Rise of the Destination, (ii) Rise of Experiential; (iii) Planning Convergence; (iv) Technology in Buying (including Automation); and (vi) Technology in Planning (including new ways of measurement)

Young Outdoorians vie for top honours at OAC

In OOH News By VJ Media Bureau - July 05, 2014

The outdoor advertising contest for young OOH professionals is underway; results to be declared on Day 2

Leaders debate pros & cons of media owner-cum-agency business

In OOH News By VJ Media Bureau - July 05, 2014

Session was moderated by Sam Balsara, Chairman & MD, Madison World, and addressed by Alok Jalan, Managing Director, Laqshya Media Group, Bhavana Mittal, Head of Media, Indian Sub-Continent, CBS Global Media, GSK, Armino Ribeiro, CEO, Madison OOH Media Group, and Raj Mohanty, Vice President, Kinetic Worldwide India

Bhavana Mittal to anchor session on'Young Outdoorians' at OAC 2014

In OOH News By VJ Media Bureau - June 27, 2014

Mittal is Head of Media, Indian Sub-Continent, CBS Global Media, GSK

Chris O'Donnell to speak on'Global Trends in OOH' at OAC 2014

In OOH News By VJ Media Bureau - June 19, 2014

Chris O'Donnell is Global Commercial Director, Posterscope Worldwide

Form a Joint Industry Committee to develop OOH metrics: Tony Jarvis

In Viewpoints By M4G Bureau - May 26, 2014

Most mature OOH markets around the world have adopted their own audience measurement and rating currency with great success. Time is rife for the Indian OOH industry to take similar recourse. Global advertising and research architect Tony Jarvis, Proprietor & Research Architect at Olympic Media Consultancy, asserts that the Indian OOH industry should lose no time in developing and launching an OOH audience measurement and rating currency, while being aware that the metrics will evolve as per industry requirements. Jarvis advocates a step-by-step approach toward building, enhancing and including the currency. In an exclusive interview with Rajiv Raghunath of Outdoor Asia, he says the measurement system will become more refined and multi-layered as it gains wider acceptance. Jarvis cites the adoption of a comprehensive OOH currency system in Australia to underline that once the teething troubles are sorted, the system will catalyse significant industry growth. The following are edited excerpts of the interview:

Lifebuoy's'Jump Pump' turns the hand pump into a fun game

In OOH News By VJ Media Bureau - May 07, 2014

Geometry Global India executes the Lifebuoy activation across 1,500 rural schools in UP and Maharashtra